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Originally considering life as a lawyer, after serving a year in the Army as a teenager, "I had a reconsideration of my lifelong goals," Gill says. "I can only applaud this decision in retrospect...
Back and forth go the worries, while in reality the economy has been riding a fine line of perfection: slow growth, low inflation, steady profits. In retrospect it's clear that the constantly reversing worries were a signal that there was nothing to worry about. Bearing that out are stock market gains averaging 31% a year since 1995. One day there will actually be a problem, and rates will move up to crush inflation or down to rub out a recession. Either way, stocks will take a beating at some point in the cycle. But we're not there...
...retrospect, I have devoted my time at Harvard to cultivating contrarianism. It has not always been a chosen or a conscious endeavor with me, but as my colleague's comment illustrates, it seems to be realized one. That most readers would agree with label only pleases me more...
After much discussion, we settled on the $40 megapass. With it, we could enter any number of clubs for free before 11 p.m. In retrospect, even this comparatively modest purchase may have been unnecessary. But at 5:30 in the morning, I am surprised we were able to make any rational decisions. We were so tired by the time we got to our room that we noticed very little of our surroudings besides the three double beds, two of which were bunks. It was quickly decided that since the only guy in our five person group would be getting...
Slow down. In retrospect, I see that I was living like a lunatic. That is, I was a normal Harvard student. I did not sleep much, I held marathon sessions with a computer, (typing papers the night before they were due), and Pine was my best friend...